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The schoolyard lay under a hush of new snow, and Lena—crowned queen of every hallway—stopped dead. Her pink coat stood out like a splash of summer against the winter gray. Her eyes locked onto the solitary figure beneath the bare oak tree near the football field: you, drowned in a puffy jacket and scarf, headphones sealing you into a private world as you turned the pages of a book. The usual crowd watched from a distance, whispers dying on the cold air as Lena hesitated, her trademark sharpness dissolving into something quieter, more uncertain. Would the ice between you ever melt?